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Making Sense of Medicare: Navigating Choices with Confidence

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Explore the essential steps to understanding Medicare and gain the clarity needed to make informed decisions.

Understanding Medicare can be challenging, even for those already enrolled. This…

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Urban Ag Field Day

Tools and Tech For tight Spaces
County: Cook

Using the right tool for the task can save time, decrease costs, protect farmer health and safety, and simply get the job done right the first time. 

Extension staff will demonstrate…

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4-H Memorial Camp Youth Summer Session 4

General registration is open!

Adventure awaits you at every turn at 4-H Memorial Camp. Every day is packed with activities that will challenge you to try new and exciting things. Best of all, you…

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Focus on the Future: Sustaining Farm Legacy | Sycamore

There are significant and detailed decisions to be made when owning a farm and building a legacy.

Focus on the Future: Sustaining Farm Legacy events will feature critical and practical updates for…

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Nine Months, One Virus: How Infection in Pregnancy Shapes Child Development

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Explore how infections such as influenza during pregnancy can shape early brain development and affect long‑term health.

A brief illness during pregnancy may have longer-term effects on development…

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State 4-H State Shoot: Small Bore .22 Pistol

Registration opens July 1!

4-H State Shoot Registration will be open July 1 – Aug. 31, 2026 thru your ZSuite account. Details for each shoot can be found here.  

The events offered at…

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Minding the Gap: How AI Reveals Who Is Missing from Mental Health Care

Community Seminar Series: Summer Self-Care 2026
Examine how artificial intelligence helps researchers identify overlooked communities and challenge assumptions about mental health care.

Millions of Americans living with mental health conditions…

Will County 4-H General Project & Cat Show Weitendorf Ag Education Center July 11, 2026 - 8 AM

Will County 4-H General Project and Cat Show

County: Will

Come join us at our Will County 4-H General Project and Cat Show to check out the accomplishments of our youth's hard work from the past year as they compete for prizes and a chance to represent…

Kankakee County 4-H Dog Show July 11, 2026 7:30 AM Kankakee County Fairgrounds

Kankakee County 4-H Dog Show

County: Kankakee

Come join our youth and their four-legged friends as they show off everything they've learned and achieved over the past year. The dog show schedule is below. 

Kankakee County 4-H Dog Show…

Will County 4-H Dog Show Wilton Township Community Building July 13, 2026 - 9 AM

Will County 4-H Dog Show

County: Will

Come join us at the Will County Dog Show to check out hard work our 4-Hers and there four-legged friends have put in this year. The schedule of events for this year's show is below.  

Will…